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MELROSE ESTATE – Various organisations and shelters came together for the launch of the research report which provides a framework for the government to pay the true costs of sheltering for abused women. After much research into the costs involved in sheltering abused women, a report providing the proposed framework

My family and I recently went through a gruelling experience of domestic violence perpetrated against a close relative. Unfortunately, because this was a family member who had been warned against what most of us characterised as “crazy love”, it was difficult to sympathise with her victimhood. Without realising it, we

A study commissioned by the Joint Gender Fund; the National Shelter Movement and Henrich Boel Foundation last year estimated that the Department of Social Development provides only a quarter of the money needed for shelters to help women in need. This, while South Africa has a range of domestic shelters

Hlanganisa Institute for Development in South Africa (HiDSA) in partnership with Heinrich Böll Foundation and the National Shelter Movement of South Africa cordially invites members of the media to the launch of their new research report titled: “WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY DUE? Costing the Operations of Domestic Violence Shelters”. The purpose

Former South Africa’s first lady Graca Machel’s daughter Josina during an interview highlighting the scourge of gender-based violence on March 04, 2017 Image: Gallo Images / City Press / Leon Sadiki “My abuser was the one who took me to the hospital. He beat me so badly I lost my

In the past decade, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTIQ) people have made significant legal and political gains in South Africa, including the freedom to marry. LGBTIQ people across South Africa seem to lack clear recourse and redress when they are fired, evicted, or refused service because of their

Growing up, it was not uncommon to hear the phrase “men are dogs” – often used by many of my matriarch during those acute episodes of romantic relationships gone wrong. I never took it literally and neither did I apply my mind to what they were implying, until I suffered

South Africa has been reported as having one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the world. IPV is defined as violence between individuals in a romantic or sexual relationship; this violence encompasses physical, psychological/emotional and sexual violence. However, studies and social and behavioural change interventions have

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Hlanganisa Institute for Development Southern Africa is an innovative intermediary grant maker aimed at strengthening social accountability, promoting human rights in pursuit of social justice in Southern Africa